New Hampshire geologic map data

A GIS database of geologic units and structural features in New Hampshire, with lithology, age, data structure, and format written and arranged just like the other states.

View

Show in a web browser window:

[Legend for lithology colors]

Show in Google Earth or other KML viewer:

nhgeol.kml (Uncompressed, 3.3M)

nhgeol.kmz (Compressed, 1.1M)

List geologic units by state or county

Show in your GIS using OGC web services:

https://mrdata.usgs.gov/services/nh (WMS, version 1.3.0)

https://mrdata.usgs.gov/services/nh (WFS, version 1.1.0)

Use lithology_symbology.lyr ArcGIS layer file to symbolize lithology when using WFS

Download

Content	Download	Format
Geological attributes	NHcsv.zip	CSV format
Geologic units	NHgeol_dd.zip	Shapefile, polygon
Faults	NHfaults_dd.zip	Shapefile, arcs
Colors for lithology	lith6_2.style	ArcMap Style [Instructions]

Documentation

Metadata:

Outline - Questions & Answers - Plain text - XML

Legend indicating the meaning of colors on the interactive map

Publication

USGS Open-File Report 2006-1272

Preliminary Integrated Geologic Map Databases for the United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Vermont

Methodology

Detailed report of standardization procedures

GIS style files

Methods used to create several styles for lithology or geologic time

Sources

Bennett, D. S, , Wittkop, C.A., and Dicken, C.L., 2006 , Bedrock Geologic Map of New Hampshire - A Digital Representation of the Lyons and others 1997 map and ancillary files: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 215, scale 1:250,000, CD-ROM.